I have not been writing much lately, except in my journal, in short spurts. My life has been consumed with one of the biggest and most difficult transitions anyone can deal with: my husband and I are getting a divorce.
This is not the kind of thing I can write about easily. I'm still in the midst of it, and that can make perspective hard. How much to say? How much to reveal? It is my process, my life, and yet it involves other people. Theirs... [...]
A recent family quarrel in Florida sparked by a couple of cans of beer ended with a shotgun blast through the front door of a residence.
Authorities with the Putnam County Sheriff's Office say that Elvis Rhodes, 55, took the two beers from a cooler on his son and daughter's porch Sunday while they were away, First Coast News reports.
Christopher Rhodes, 28, and Elaina Rhodes, 34, later confronted Elvis about the beer. An argument ensued, and... [...]
Now that another killer cop has been acquitted in Cleveland, I'll get straight to the point and answer the question posed by the title of this post about Baltimore's Freddie Gray with a single word: No.To be sure, on May 21, six police officers were indicted on a spate of very serious criminal charges for Gray's death, ranging from misconduct in public office and reckless endangerment to manslaughter and second-degree murder. With a lot of... [...]
The other night, I had a few friends over to what I consider to be my lovely new home. It's all mine. Paid for by me. Decorated by me. Infused 100% with my style, taste and spirit. When friends walk into my new home, they all say the same thing, "Now this house is so YOU." And it is.As we laughed and talked late into the night, one of my deeply intuitive friends asked, "How are you? Are you really doing OK?""Yes.. I'm great," I replied... [...]
OK, that's it -- you can't do it anymore. You're done.
You've tried your hardest for years, but you just can't seem to make it work. You want out of your marriage.
But how do you bring up the topic of divorce to your spouse without devastating them or triggering an all-out war?
As a divorce coach, one of the most common things clients want to know is how to ask their spouse for a divorce and keep things peaceful. Well, there's no... [...]